When to plant zucchini in Dresden: 5 June – 1 September

In Dresden, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 24 April to 11 August; plant into a greenhouse from 15 May to 1 September; plant out into open ground from 5 June to 1 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Futtermittel und Kleintierzuchtbedarf (farm supply, 3 km) and Stadtgärtnerei (plant nursery, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Zucchini in Dresden: soil, season and weather

In Dresden the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 16 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 5 June, 50 days later.

Last spring frost	16 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	5 June, 50 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	18 November, 166 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 July – 7 October
Days left for picking	130
Daylight	15:32 on 15 May, 16:20 on 5 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

The same dates in Dresden hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in Dresden: care after planting

Planted on 5 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Dresden during the zucchini season

About 389 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (49 mm) and July the wettest (72 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.1	13.7	65	12	16:31
July	24.8	14.8	72	12	16:08
August	24.9	14.9	65	11	14:37
September	20.6	11.3	68	10	12:42
October	15.2	7.8	70	13	10:47
November	8.6	2.6	49	11	8:57

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

Around Dresden, Prague is 2 days earlier and Ústí nad Labem 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ústí nad Labem	48 km	22 June – 26 August	17 days later
Liberec	98 km	22 June – 15 August	17 days later
Leipzig	101 km	5 June – 31 August	same day
Prague	119 km	3 June – 22 August	2 days earlier
Plzeň	147 km	18 June – 19 August	13 days later
Potsdam	157 km	3 June – 4 September	2 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Dresden

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 June to 1 September (from 15 May to 1 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 April to 11 August. Within 15 km of Dresden OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 12 plant nurseries, 23 markets and 34 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Stadtgärtnerei — plant nursery
Bodenbacher Straße 53, 01277 Dresden · 4 km
Futtermittel und Kleintierzuchtbedarf — farm supply
Königsbrücker Straße 103, 01099 Dresden · 3 km
Fontane Center-Wochenmarkt — market
Sagarder Weg 1, 01109 Dresden · Apr–Oct: Wed 08:00–16:00; Nov–Feb: Wed 09:00–15:00 · 9 km · fontanecenter-dresden.de
Naturmarkt Tharandter Wald — market
Pienner Straße 1, 01737 Tharandt · Sat 09:00–13:00 · 13 km · johannishöhe.de

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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